Tomer Almagor, a political adviser to Mojtaba Khamenei (son of Iran's Supreme Leader), issued an explicit threat Tuesday night saying that 'zero hour has come, the missile launchers are ready' — according to a report by N12 cited by Barak Betesh (i24NEWS). The statement comes hours after a similar warning by senior Supreme Leader adviser Ali Akbar Velayati, who also threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb.
A new threat warning from an adviser to Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran's Supreme Leader, escalated the rhetoric on Tuesday night. Tomer Almagor, identified by N12 as a political adviser to the younger Khamenei, stated that 'zero hour has come' and that missile launchers are at ready positions. The warning echoes a statement from earlier in the evening (23:09 Jerusalem) by Ali Akbar Velayati, the Supreme Leader's senior political adviser, who declared that 'zero hour has arrived' and threatened that Iran's 'two powerful arms'—the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb—would be used to strangle economies if the 'fire of provocation in Lebanon' continues.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Tuesday, the Iranian Supreme National Security Council issued a separate warning signaling imminent retaliation for strikes in Lebanon. The Velayati statement was the most explicit threat yet from a senior Iranian figure. Almagor's warning, while from an adviser to the Supreme Leader's son rather than the Leader himself, reinforces the sense of an orchestrated escalation in Iranian messaging.
The source material is a desk-reviewed report from N12 via Barak Betesh (i24NEWS). No additional corroboration of Almagor's specific role or the authenticity of the quoted statement is available at this time. The threat language mirrors the pattern of warnings from other Iranian figures over the past two days, as documented in The Zioneer's coverage.
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